Swamishri viewing the fruits and vegetables arranged in the mandir compound

Swamishri viewing the fruits and vegetables arranged in the mandir compound

Swamishri in a divine, jovial mood

Swamishri in a divine, jovial mood

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri blesses devotees

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri greets devotees with 'Jai Swaminarayan'

Swamishri greets devotees with 'Jai Swaminarayan'

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri greets devotees with 'Jai Swaminarayan'

Swamishri performs arti

Swamishri performs arti

Swamishri performs arti

Swamishri engrossed in darshan

Swamishri in a divine mood

Sadhus doing darshan of Swamishri beneath the mandir dome

Swamishri holding various fruits and vegetables offered to Thakorji

Swamishri holding various fruits and vegetables offered to Thakorji

Swamishri holding various fruits and vegetables offered to Thakorji

Swamishri holding various fruits and vegetables offered to Thakorji

Swamishri holding various fruits and vegetables offered to Thakorji

Swamishri holding various fruits and vegetables offered to Thakorji

Swamishri holding various fruits and vegetables offered to Thakorji

Swamishri holding various fruits and vegetables offered to Thakorji

Swamishri holding various fruits and vegetables offered to Thakorji

Swamishri holding various fruits and vegetables offered to Thakorji

Swamishri holding various fruits and vegetables offered to Thakorji

Swamishri holding various fruits and vegetables offered to Thakorji

Swamishri engrossed in darshan

Swamishri engrossed in darshan

Swamishri greets sadhus with 'Jai Swaminarayan'

Swamishri sanctifies weighing scale

Sadhus doing darshan of Swamishri beneath the mandir dome

Swamishri greets devotees with 'Jai Swaminarayan'

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Youths sing kirtans in traditional 'Ochhchhav' style

Swamishri greets devotees with 'Jai Swaminarayan'

Swamishri greets devotees with 'Jai Swaminarayan'

Prabodhini Ekadashi

The auspicious day marked the celebrations of Deva Prabodhini Ekadashi, the beginning of Tulsi Vivah, offering fresh vegetables to Thakorji, the end of Chaturmas, the birth of Dharmadev, the diksha day of Nilkanth Varni, Shriji Maharaj’s appointment by Ramanand Swami as his successor and Shastri Narayanswarupdasji’s parshad diksha by Shastriji Maharaj at Ambli Vali Pol in Ahmedabad.
A red carpet was laid out for Swamishri’s arrival. The pathway was flanked by decorations of rangoli, candle lights and baskets of vegetables. Pujya Mahant Swami and Pujya Dr Swami garlanded Swamishri and honoured him on the anniversary of his diksha into the parshad order. Swamishri performed arti of Thakorji in all the three mandir sanctums, where baskets of fresh vegetables were displayed. Then he was wheeled into a vegetable shop set up beneath the mandir dome. Here Swamishri held a variety of vegetables and sanctified them to the joy of all.